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Cider Competition 2019 Results ! Best Cider - Simon Hart Best Medium Cider - Jean and Bob Prior Best Name and Label - Rod Ware Best 'Other Drink' - Rachel Evans for her delicious 'Quincy' Best Apple Cake - Toby and Harry ..read more

Wow, what an amazing Open Day we had this year ! The sun shone down which brought so many locals and tourists over to see traditional cider being made. It was the busiest Open Day we have ever had ! There was also Steam Engines, a 40 ft Street Pipe Organ and Classic Cars to have a look at. Happyard brought over some cute Alpacas for people to have a cuddle and have a chance at winning a Alpaca Walk with them. The greenhouse was filled with craft stalls selling some beautiful locally made items and foods. Thank you so much to all the volunteers, staff, stallholders and everyone who came along ..read more

We had a brilliant and busy Cider Competition this year with over 50 entries ..read more

In August we held a family fun day to raise funds for William and his family. William was diagnosed with leukaemia at 2.5 years old. He has been since undergoing chemo treatment. This is his last year on treatment and we wanted to help raise some funds to send the family somewhere amazing to mark the end of their journey. There was free entry to the Cider Museum, as well as steam engines, an ice princess, a superhero, facepainter, majorettes and lots of local stalls. There was also an amazing raffle with prizes from splashdown, farmer palmers, fun factory, creams in dorch, creation station, b ..read more

Mill House Cider Museum rolled out the barrel on Sunday October 22nd for our annual Cider Making Open Day ! The main event of the day was being able to see apples being crushed and pressed the traditional way on antique equipment. Dave and Craig worked hard and used two methods - straw and cloths to filter the juice on different presses. Another highlight was the steam engines - we had over 12 different working engines - doing everything from pumping water, crushing corn and even giving rides ! There was demonstrations of weaving, spinning, spoon whittling, and children could join in with cla ..read more

Last week Rob and Jim brought over their first ripe apples of the year to turn into apple juice at the Cider Museum. The beginning of August !?!? They are the gorgeous variety 'Beauty of Bath' which ripen very early - from July into September. They bruise easily and do not keep well so are suited to juice and home made cider production. Using our Electric Crusher and Vigo Press they took an hour and a half to turn the five large containers into over 10 gallons ( 80 pints ) of dark pink juice, which was deliciously sweet, with a sharp edge to it. A fun and successful start to the Cider Making ..read more

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, all the Cider Makers who used the Museum's equipment last Autumn to make their cider were invited to the Cider Competition ! We had 27 entries this year - mostly dry and medium, with a few sweet and some interesting entries in the 'Other' category. The overall Best Cider 2017 winner was Tom Anderson, followed by Rachel Evans , then Bob and Jean Prior. The Best Label and Cider Name was Sam Barnes The Best Dry was Tom Anderson, followed by Chris Boiling, then Dave Morgan. Best Medium Cider was Rachel Evans, followed by Bob and Jean Prior, then Graham Starr. The Best ..read more

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Cider Competition 2019 Results ! Best Cider - Simon Hart Best Medium Cider - Jean and Bob Prior Best Name and Label - Rod Ware Best 'Other Drink' - Rachel Evans for her delicious 'Quincy' Best Apple Cake - Toby and Harry ..read more